The Classic Serial: The Tin Drum

Sun 2nd Jun 1996, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Gunter Grass

Abridged in two parts by Mike Walker

With Phil Daniels as Oskar and Kenneth Cranham as Matzerath.

On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.

1: Germany 1930. Hitler rises to power. 

Three-year-old Oskar decides to stop growing and stop talking. Instead he plays his tin drum. 

Percussion by Unmen.
Director Peter Kavanagh 

Oscar:…..Phil Daniels

Matzarat:….Kenneth Cranham

Agnes:…Lesley Manville

Midwife:…..Tessa Worsley

Fisherman:….John Hartley

Greff:….Paul Jenkins.

Jan:…..Stephen Critchlow

Gretchen:…Kristin Milward

Bebra:….David Collings

Roswitha:….Jane Whittenshaw

Marcus:…..John Turner

The Classic Serial: The Tin Drum

Sun 9th Jun 1996, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

By Giinter Grass

Abridged in two parts by Mike Walker. With Phil Daniels as Oskar.

2: World War II is raging. 

Oskar, on the run, discovers sex, jazz and the black market. 

Percussion by Unmen. 

Director Peter Kavanagh  

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